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PATBNTED OCT. 16, 1906.

No. 833,18l.

G. W. SHIPPEE.

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APPLICATION FILED 1.24,

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CHARLES W.SHIPPEE, OF MILFORD MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR.

No. &33,181.

Specfication of Letters Patent.

Patented oct, 16, 1906.

Application filed January 24, 1906. Serial No. 297548.

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This invention relates to cars, and especially to cars .adapted forstreet or electric railways; and the Object of the invention is toprovide a car of this class with a novel window and door construction.

In cars as heretofore made having a vestibule in which thevestibule-platform is on a lower level than the floor of the car theoutside door leading into the vestibule is a Swinging or folding door.According' to my invention I make this door of the sliding variety,'which when open slides into a door-pocket formed in the side wall ofthe car. Since the floor of the vestibule is below thelevel of thecar-floor, the pocket for the door is made to eXtend below the level ofthe car-floor and is preferably located eXterior to the sills of the Thewindow-sashes in my improved car are arranged to be let down intowindowpockets formed in .the side wall of the car bewindows firmly intheir closed, open, or any intermediate position I employ a movableclamping-strip which extends up and down the window-hame and which byits engagement with the window-sash clamps the latter in any desiredposition.

I will first describe one embodiment of my invention and then point outthe novel features thereof in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a car embodyingmy invention, a portion of the side of the car being broken out tobetter show the novel features. Fig. 2 is a section on substantially theline x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line b b, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa vertical section through one side of a car, showing one form ofwindow-pocket. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a slightly differentform of window-pocket. Fig. 6 is a side view of a portion of the car,showing the manner of supporting the posts. Fig. 7 is a detail showingthe manner of looking the window. Fig. 8 is a section on the line y y,

device for the window. Fig. 10 is a section on the line a a, Fig. 9.Fig. ll is a section similar to Fig. 10, showing' still anotherconstruction of looking device for the window.

Fig. 12 is a View showing the window raised. Fig. 13 is a section onsubstantially the line c c, Fi 6.

i The usual sills eXtending longitudina-lly of the car and on which thefloor is supported are designat-ed by 3, and these may be of anysuitable or usual Construction. I have herein shown'them as I-beams,although they may be made in any shape and of any material.

4 designates the floor of the car, which is above the level of theI-beams and is supported on suitable cross beams. (N ot shown.) The carherein shown is of the vestibule type, and the floor or platform 5 ofthe vestibule is situated below the level of the car-'floor 4.

As herein shown, the sills- 3 are provided with extensions 6, Situatedto sustain the platform or vestbule floor 5, and said floor may be onsubstantially the same level as the. under side of the sills 3, so thatthe step from the vestibule 5 to the car-floor 4 is one sub stantiallyequal to the depth of said sills, or said vestibule-floor may beslightly below the sills.

7 designates the out-side door leading'to the vestbule. Usually thesedoors are openedby swinging them into the vestibule. The door 7 of myimproved car is a sliding door, and when 'it is opened it is slid backinto a pocket 8, formed in the wall 9 of the car. This pocket is formedbetween the outer sheathing 10 and the inner wall of the side of thecar, and it extends from the top of the car side clear to the bottom ofthesill 3 and below the level of the floor 4. This pocket 8, it will beseen, is located eXterior to the sill 3, as best seen from Fig. 3, andin order to make room for the door the upper flange 100 of the I-beammay be cut away slightly, as shown in said F ig. 3. By making the pocket8 eXtend eXterior to the sill 3 below the level of the floor 4 and tothe level of the vestibule-floor 5 I am enabled to use a sliding insteadof a folding door. A sliding door has' many advantages over a foldingdoor.

The window-sashes 12 along the side of the car are each adapted to belowered into a window-pocket 13, formed between the outer IOO IIO

sheathing 10 and the inner wall 11 of the car side, and thesewindoW-pockets are herein shown as extending eXterior to the sill 3 andsubstantially to the lower edge of the sill, so that the lowerwindow-sashes when lowered in the pockets are completely concealed.These window-pockets 13 are formed by means of a casting or foot 14,which is bolted or otherwise Secured to the sill 3 and extendssu'Hiciently beyond the same to form the bottom of the pocket. Theiootherein shown is provided with a'vertie'al i'lange 15, against which thelower edge of thesheathing 10 rests, and with a lip 16 on which saidsheathing rests. In 'some cases it may be desirable to make the bottomof the window-pocket on substantially the level of the loweredge of uthe' sill 3, as shown in Fig. 4,-in which case the main body of the footportion will have the shape shown in saidFig. 4. If it is desired 'tode'epenthe windowocket so that the *windows m'ay be dropped lower thanshown in Fig. 4, I may make the foot portion 5 e u 13'of the shape'shownin Fig. 5, in which the foot has' the dropped portion or groove 39, in

whichthe lower edge of the window-sash is received when the window isopen. By using this form of foot the' window-pocket' is carried belowthe level of the sills 3, and consequently the car may be made withlower window-sill's than is possible with the form sliown'inFig. 4'.Injcase the vestibule-plat- 'form is below the level of the sill, asshown in Fig. 1, the portion of the foot 14 'forming the -bottom of thepocket 8 will also be provided with a drop portion 30, in which thelower 'edge of thedoor is received, and the bracket 6 will be similarlyshaped.

- For looking the window-sashes 12 in either opened or closed or in anyintermediate position I em'ploy a clamping-strip by which the window isfirmly clamped and locked in its adjusted position; The clamping-strip'may have various shapes and. positions. In Figs. -7 and 8 i`t=isdesignated by'17 and is located at the side of 'the window-sash. Itpreferably extends substantially to the top of the window-opening, andalso into 'the pocket 13 nearly to the 'bottom thereof. Theclamping-strip is constructed to be moved toward the window-sash,thereby to clamp the same firmly in its groove to hold it in any desiredposition. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, this clamping-strip is providedwith a plurality of inclined slots 18, through which project 'pins orscrews;19, entering the windowrame If the clamping-strip 17 is movedupwardly, 'it will be carried away from the window-sash 12, as will beobvious, owing to the inclination of the slots 18, while if saidclamping- 'strip moves downwardly it will be clamped against the sash12. The strip 17 may be gven its vertical movement in any desired Way.One convenient way is to place on the back of said strip teeth 20,which'mesh with a pinion 21, carried by a shaft 22 which projects intothe interior of the car and is provided with a hand-wheel 23. Bymanipulating the hand-wheel the clamping-strip 17 may be separatedslightly from the windowsash 12, thereby permitting said windowsash tobe raised or lowered, and when it is in the desired position thewindow-sash may be clamped by merely moving the clampingstripdownwardly, thereby causing it to clamp the window-sash hard against the;guiding strip or piece 24 on the opposite side of the window. Since theclamping-strip extends nearly to the top of the window-opening and alsosubstantially to the bottom of the pocket, it will be observed that theWindow-sash may be locked either in its open or closed position, andwhen locked it is held 'firmly against rattling.

In Figs. 9 and 10 the clamping-strip is designated by 170, and it isarranged in the bottom oi' the groove which receives the side rail ofthe window-sash 12. Said clampingstrip is provided with cam projections26, which engage inclines 27, formed in the bottom of the groove in thewindow-frame 28, which receives the window-sash. 'The cam projectionsand the inclines 27 are so disposed that when the clamping-strip ismoved in one direction it will be carried toward the win- (low-sash, andthus clamp the latter firmly against the window-frames, while' whenmoved in the other direction the windowsash will be unclamped and can befreely raised or lowered. The clamping-strip 170 is provided with theinclined rack 38, which meshes with a pinion 37. mounted in thewindowrame 28 and is provided with a handle 29, by means of which it maybe turned. The inclination of the rack 38 is the same as that of thewedges 26, so that the up-and-down movement of the clamping-strip 170does not carry the rack and pinion out of engagement.

In Fig. 11 the clamping-strip is designated by 17 and it is providedwith a beveled edge 31, adapted to engage the beveled edge 32 of thewindow-sash. The clamping-strip 17 a is moved vertically and laterallyin the same manner that the clamping-strip 17 is, and its lateralmovement will bring the beveled edge 31 thereof against the beveled edge32 of the window-sash 12 and will crowd the windowsash both laterallyand longitudinally of the car, and thus will fi'mly clamp saidwindowsash in any adjusted position. The car side at either end adjacentthe pocket 8 for the door is provided with windows 33, there being onewindow each side of said pocket. These windows preferably may be fixedor stationary windows and incapable of being opened. I propose toprovide beneath each window a movable window-sill, which when the windowis closed forms the window-sill proper and which when the window is openIOC This pinion is IIO &33,181

or occupying the window-pocket 13 forms a cover for said' pocket. i'This window-sill is designated by 41 and may be either made ofsheet-iron bent to the proper shape or made of any suitable material. Itpreferably is hinged at its inner edge to a piece 42', that extendsbeneath the window and that is in turn hinged to the sheathing 11, as',at 44, Fig. 4. The Window-sill 41 is preferably made With an arm-rest43, which extends substantially the full length of the window-sill andis located in a convenient position for ,a person to rest his arm uponwhen the window is open. When the window is closed, the window-sillspans the top of the pocket 13 and the lower edge of thewindow-sashrests thereon, as seen in Fig. 12, In order to lower thewindow into the pocket, the window is first raised slightly and then thewindow-sill is drawn inwardly to uncover the pocket. The hingeconnection between said window and the hinged piece 42 permits thismovement of the window-sill. When the pocket is uncovered, the windowmay be lowered into the pocket and then the pocket be covered again, asshown in Fig. 4. The window-sill 41, therefore, has two functions toperform-first, the function of a window-sill and, second, of the coverto the pocket when the window is open. By pivoting the window-sill tothe hinged piece 42 the window-sill may be moved laterally instead ofswung about its pivotal connection in covering or uncovering the pocket,and therefore it is not necessary to raise the window to any eXtent inorder to withdraw the window-sill from beneath the window. The windowsslide between vertical posts 60, which eXtend from the top of the cardown to the foot 14, and which are preferably secured to the foot byangle-irons or in any other suitable way, as illustrated at 61 in Fig.6. These posts have in them the grooves in which the windoW-sashes slideand have secured thereto the locking-strips above referred to.Preferably the posts 60 rest on the bottom of the foot 14 and the saidposts, sill, and vertical flange 15 of the foot 14 may all be boltedtogether, as at 62. By makin the foot 14 run the full length of the sill3` and by having the fiange 15 thereof bolted to the posts 60 and to thesill 3-said post and foot serve to truss and give additional strength tothe sill.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car, a car-floor, a vestibule-platform at the end of the carSituated below the level of the car-floor, and an outside slidingvestibule-door, the walls of the car having a pocket to receive saiddoor.

2. In a car, a car-floor, a vestibule-platform at the end of the carSituated below the level of the car-floor, and an outside slidingvestibule-door having its lower edge substantially on the level of theVestibule-platform, the walls of the car having a pocket to receive saiddoor.

3. In a car, longitudina'lly-extending sills, a car-floor supportedthereby, a vestibuleplatform at the end of the car below the level ofthe car-floor, and a sliding vestibule-door having itslower edgesubstantially on the level of the vestibule-platform, the side oi' thecar having a pocket eXterior to the sill and extending below the'levelof the car-floor to receive said door when it is opened.

4. In a car, longitudinally-extending sills, a car-floor supportedthereby, a vestibule` platform at the end of the car below the level ofthe sills, and a sliding vestibule-door having its lower edgesubstantially on a level with the vestibule-platform, the side of thecar having a pocket eXterior to ,the sill and extending below the levelthereof to receive the door when it is open.

5. A car having a window-sash, a windowpocket in the side of the car toreceive said Window-sash When the window is opened, a clamping-stripextending into the pocket, and means to move the clamping-strip towardand from the window-sash.

6. In a car, longitudinally extending sills, a car side having awindow-pocket therein, said pocket eXtending below the bottom of thesills, and a window-sash adapted to be received in said pocket when thewindow is o en.

7. In a car, longitudinally-extending sills, a car side havingwindow-openings and a window-pocket beneath each window-opening, and afoot secured to the sill and extending' longitudinally thereof andforming the bottom of all the pockets, said foot being separate from thesides of the pockets.

8. In a car, longitudinally-extending sills, a car side havingwindow-openings and a window-pocket beneath each window-opening, and afoot secured to the sill and extending longitudiaally thereof andforming the bottom of all the pockets, said foot having a lip orshoulder to receive the outer sheathing of the car.

9. A car having window-openings in its side and a Window-pocket beneatheach window-opening, a longitudinally-extending sill, and a memberforming the bottom of all the pockets, said member being separate fromboth the sill and the outer sheathing of the car.

10. In a car, a longitudinally-extending sill, a car side comprising anouter sheath and an inner wall forming between them a pluralit y ofwindo w-pockets, and a foot extending longitudnally of the sill andforming the bottom of said window-pockets, said foot being separate fromboth the sheathng and the sill and being secured to the latter andserving to strengthen the same.

11. A car having window-openings in its lOC side and a windowocketformed between the outer sheathing and the inner Wall of the car sidebeneath each window-opening, a longitudinally-extending sill, and amember Secured to the sill and extendng the full length thereof andserving both to strengthen said sill and to form the bottom of all theWndow-pockets.

12. In a car, a longitudinally-extending sill, a foot extending thelength of the sill and secured thereto, and posts resting on and securedto said foot and forming the division between the windows at the side ofthe ear, said foot being separate from both the sill and sheathing ofthe ear side.

13. Ina car, a sill extendng along the side of the ear, a foot extendingthe full length of the sill and secured thereto, vertieally-extendingposts resting on and Secured to said foot, and windows slidably mountedbetween said posts, said foot being separate from both the sill andsheathing of the ear side.

14. In a car, a longitudinally-extending sill,

` a foot extending the length of the sill and seeured thereto, said foothaving a vertical flange, sheathng forming the sides of the earsupported on said foot, Vertical posts resting 'on said foot andSituated between the win- CHARLES W. SHIPPEE.

Witnesses:

LOUIs C. SMITH, MARGARET A. DUNN.

